白水冲酱油，越来越淡白水衝醬油，越來越淡白水衝醬油，越來越淡

adding plain water to soy sauce: weaker and weaker

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Feelings between people grow ever fainter.
Wordplay: 淡 (dàn) means literally weak in flavour, and figuratively cooling or fading, as of feelings.

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Simplified: 白水冲酱油，越来越淡
Traditional (Taiwan): 白水衝醬油，越來越淡
Pinyin: báishuǐ chōng jiàngyóu, yuèláiyuè dàn
Bopomofo: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄥㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄡˊ，ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄢˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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